Sumanth Shankar was paid $217,363.79 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 117% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Sumanth Shankar has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $2.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $156,591.00 a year, up 98% over that span.
That is 31% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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17 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Sumanth Shankar's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
17 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $217,363.79 | ▲ 4.7% |
2024 | $207,555.02 | ▲ 2.6% |
2023 | $202,269.88 | ▲ 7.7% |
2022 | $187,857.10 | ▲ 13.1% |
2021 | $166,061.06 | ▼ 2.5% |
2020 | $170,259.35 | ▲ 2.2% |
2019 | $166,532.02 | ▲ 1.7% |
2018 | $163,791.41 | ▲ 10.2% |
2017 | $148,595.61 | ▼ 1.8% |
2016 | $151,262.35 | ▲ 1.1% |
2015 | $149,647.40 | ▲ 13.7% |
2014 | $131,597.70 | ▼ 1.3% |
2013 | $133,322.97 | ▲ 4.2% |
2012 | $127,999.12 | ▲ 13.6% |
2011 | $112,648.03 | ▼ 2.6% |
2010 | $115,684.38 | ▲ 5.6% |
2009First | $109,594.35 | — |
| 17 years total | $2.7M total | $156,591.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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